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NASA's Morpheus test lander crashes, burns at KSC

A prototype lunar lander was destroyed today at Kennedy Space Center during its first free flight.

The Morpheus Lander, fueled by four tanks holding liquid oxygen and liquid methane, rose a short distance before keeling over on its side and landing with an explosion at its pad at the north end of the Shuttle Landing Facility.

NASA posted a short Twitter message saying the lander “experienced a failure, causing it to catch fire. No one was injured. Information will be released as soon as possible.